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WorldBy Sean Leahy8/26/20261 min read
The SEC announced Monday night that professionals should not "return to college competition."
✨ Key Highlights
- Three of the Power Four conferences — the Big Ten, SEC, and Big 12 — have approved a policy banning professional football players from returning to college to compete within their leagues, with the ACC also considering adopting the measure.
- The Big Ten was the first to act, making its move on Tuesday, after which the SEC followed with a similar decision.
- The Big 12 subsequently adopted the same policy, extending the ban across a third major conference.
- The ACC eventually moved in the same direction, joining the other Power Four conferences in weighing or implementing the restriction.
- The coordinated actions signal a unified stance among the sport's top conferences on preventing former pro players from joining their rosters.
The ACC is the only power conference standing, and it may not be for long.
The ACC is considering banning former professional players who want to return and play in college, which would keep the lea